COMMON THREADS Workshop / 575 Wandsworth Road x Battersea Arts Centre

Happy to share I’ll be working with the team at 575 Wandsworth Road to deliver a workshop at Battersea Arts Centre for their Common Threads programme, inspired by the current textile collection at the house through upcycling accessories in a fresh & accessible way.

Kenyan-born poet, novelist & civil servant, Khadambi Asalache bought the house at 575 Wandsworth Road back in 1981 whilst working at the Treasury, and spent 19 years from 1986 turning his home into a work of art, through extensive fretwork patterns & motifs, which he hand-carved from reclaimed pine doors & floorboards salvaged from local skips…all started because of a persistent damp issue in the basement dining room which he tried to fix & cover up, without looking like an eyesore.…

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SUMMER SESSIONS @ THE ROSE COMMUNITY CLUBROOM, WANDSWORTH – RECAP

Been abit slow to update things on here, but here we are…

So over August I had the opportunity to run a two week summer programme of activity at the Rose Community Clubroom, where I’m currently working as an arts facilitator for an after school club here every Monday. I took it back to the good ol’ youth club days where a mix of arts & crafts, gaming & sports would be the main offering at the space, open to families in the local area.…

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MARVELLOUS CAPS – WORKSHOP / SUMMER READING CHALLENGE @ CROYDON LIBRARIES

This year’s theme for the Summer Reading Challenge across Libraries will be ‘Marvellous Makers’, and happy to say I’ll be delivering ‘Marvellous Caps with PiNS’ workshops across 6 Croydon libraries. A special one, being my local Endz. Central Croydon Library (The Clocktower) was proper active back in the day. I remember going to the children’s library with Dad / Mum on a Saturday as a nipper, and then my teenage days doing my college work up on Level 2, often getting distracted by everyone & anything else, was a more a social club back then, somewhere between youth club & school, was a vibe.…

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ROSE COMMUNITY – ZINE MAKING WORKSHOP

My time as an arts facilitator at the Rose Community Clubroom has come to an end due to term time break for school holidays, so thought we’d run a Zine Making workshop with the community in the final session, sharing stories and artwork reflecting the last couple weeks at the space. The whole process was fun & moving, especially seeing both the young people & parents really think & express themselves freely through mark making, collaging & design.…

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